Wellington Region
Mermaidens: live at The Others Way Festival 2017
Wellington rock trio Mermaidens perform live at The Others Way Festival 2016. Audio
Wellington rental market: 'There's more people electing to stay put'
Wellington renters are staying in the same flats for longer amid soaring prices, putting pressure on the number of rentals on offer.
'Tangata whenua in this country have given enough'
Renowned author Patricia Grace has launched a new fight over ancestral Māori land, this time to stop the government acquiring it for roads and other public services.
Wellington IRD building evacuated
Nearly 500 staff were sent home from the Inland Revenue Department office after engineers found earthquake damage.
Five new leaks a week at Wellington Hospital
New leaks are still being discovered in copper piping throughout Wellington Hospital, MPs have been told.
500 staff evacuated from damaged IRD building in Wellington
Almost 500 workers have been evacuated from Inland Revenue's Hawkestone St building in central Wellington because of earthquake damage. Audio
Leaky pipes, leaky deficit for Capital Coast Health Board
Up to five new leaks a week are being discovered throughout Wellington Regional Hospital's copper piping, further stretching the pockets of the already struggling Capital and Coast District Health… Audio
Wellington's record rents near Auckland prices
At $480 per week, Wellington's median asking price for rent is $40 shy of what people pay in Auckland, Trade Me data shows.
Eugene Onegin singers Katherine McIndoe and Daniel O’Connor
Soprano Katherine McIndoe and Baritone Daniel O’Connor are performing in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin for Days Bay Opera.
Katherine will perform as Tatyana, while Daniel will reprise Eugene Onegin… Audio
Search near Wellington airport called off
A search after two people were reported in the water near Wellington airport has been called off because no one has been reported missing.
Paora Ammunson
In November last year, more than 7,000 school children in Wairarapa took part in a record-breaking haka, 'Ko Wairarapa', written 30 years ago by Paora Ammunson (Te Arawa, Rangitane and Ngati… Audio
Lower Hutt water supply tests come back clear of E. coli
Chlorine was added to a water reservoir on Saturday as a precaution, after a sample tested positive for E. coli bacteria.
Man pulled from water near Wellington dies
A man who was flown to Wellington Hospital after being pulled from the water at a beach near Wellington this afternoon, has died.
Visual Language Games - 101 years of artist Michael Nicholson
He was a pioneer in using machines to turn music or sound into visual images like film and video, even computer graphics.
Wellington painter, printmaker, sculptor and video artist Michael Nicholson… Audio, Gallery
When dating gets theatrical
There's speed dating, online dating, and now Onstage Dating.
Award-winning Australian performer Bron Batten is a Tinderella, a serial dater... and she does it all in front of an audience.
Bron's… Audio
NZ's most important documents make a move
New Zealands founding constitutional documents are on the move, but just a few metres down the road to the National LIbrary, where they'll form the centrepiece of a new interactive space. Audio, Gallery
Bad news comes in Sevens
"Who killed the Sevens?" asked the media when crowds fell to unsustainable levels in Wellington last weekend. Some said it was the drunks, some blamed the wowsers. And some said the media must look… Audio
Lower Hutt reservoir tests positive for E-coli
Chlorine has been added to the city's water supply while the water network is tested for contamination.
Contamination warning for Wellington beaches
Summer weather has finally arrived in Wellington - but now residents are being warned to stay out of the water.
Body of missing swimmer found in Wellington bay
A body found at Karaka Bay is that of a man who went missing in the Hutt River on Thursday, police confirm.
